IAFP Rapid Response Symposium - Salmonella in Peanut Products - Understanding the Risk and Controlling the Process

Program

8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM Introduction to IAFP - J. Stan Bailey, IAFP President

8:45 AM View from the Peanut Industry - Patrick Archer, American Peanut Council

9:00 AM Peanut Industry Perspective - Darlene Cowart, JLA USA

9:45 AM Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products - United States, 2008-2009 - Casey Barton Behravesh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

10:30 AM BREAK

11:00 AM FDA perspective - Don Zink, FDA

11:45 AM Impact of Processing Environment on Control of Salmonella in Low Moisture Food Plants - Earl Ehret, ConAgra Foods

12:30 PM LUNCH

1:15 PM Behavior of Salmonella in Foods with Low Water Activity - Larry Beuchat, University of Georgia

2:00 PM Process Validation for Peanut Butter and Other Low Moisture Foods - Linda Harris, University of California-Davis

2:45 PM BREAK

3:05 PM Using Modeling and Risk Assessment in Managing Salmonella Risk in Peanut Butter - Don Schaffner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

3:50 PM The Value of Third Party Independent Audits in Assuring Food Safety: Are They Truly Independent? - Paul Hall, AIV Microbiology & Food Safety Consultants, LLC

4:30 PM Panel Discussion

5:00 PM Symposium End